Institutional, Academic & Consulting Expertise

Prof. Dr. Zaki bin Shakir Siddiqi

Consultant in Organizational Learning, Organizational Culture & Organizational Development

Experience combining organizational learning, organizational culture, organizational development, systems thinking, and academic leadership.

Prof. Dr. Zaki bin Shakir Siddiqi has a long career spanning university education, scientific research, consulting, academic leadership, strategic planning, and organizational development. He has worked with universities and industrial, commercial, and nonprofit entities, with particular focus on how organizations learn and how work environments can become more adaptive, learning-oriented, and innovative.

20+Multi-Track Academic & Institutional Career

Across university education, scientific research, organizational learning, strategic planning, leadership, and organizational development.

20+Management Courses Taught
60+Members in the Research Strategy Team
6U.S. Patents
4Work & Consulting Environments
🏢Organizational Learning

Building organizations that learn from experience and turn knowledge into practice and continuous improvement.

🧭Organizational Culture

Understanding the values, behaviors, and practices that shape the work environment and an organization’s capacity to evolve.

🧠Systems Thinking

Reading complex problems through relationships between causes and outcomes rather than treating symptoms in isolation.

🎓Higher Education Development

Shifting teaching from knowledge transfer toward learning in which students actively build and apply understanding.

Professional Profile

Experience that views the organization as a system that learns and develops through people, culture, and practice.

Prof. Dr. Zaki bin Shakir Siddiqi is an academic and consultant in organizational learning, organizational culture, and organizational development, with extensive experience in university education, research, consulting, academic leadership, strategic planning, and work with institutions across multiple sectors.

His work is grounded in scientific evidence and contemporary practices adapted to local and cultural context. He focuses on developing how individuals and teams think, learn, and deal with problems, decisions, and change.

Organizations do not develop by changing procedures alone; they develop when the way people think and learn within them evolves.
The Core of His Consulting Approach
Academic & Research Career

An extensive academic and research career combining teaching, higher education development, and scientific research.

He progressed through academic work from the early 1990s, taught a wide range of management courses, and contributed to research, academic supervision, and higher education development in Saudi Arabia and abroad.

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University Career

Worked at King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals and later Umm Al-Qura University, progressing through academic and leadership responsibilities.

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International Research Experience

Undertook research experiences at Newcastle University and the University of Wales in the United Kingdom.

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Management Teaching

Taught more than twenty courses in organizational behavior, planning, strategy, change, human resources, quality, leadership, and related fields.

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Research & Academic Supervision

Supervised research in educational leadership and teacher performance development and served as an external examiner for numerous master’s theses.

Institutional Leadership & Planning

Leadership experience in strategic planning and the development of scientific research, systems, and university practices.

From Academic Leadership to Institutional Initiative Building

Experience combining executive advisory work, strategic planning, system development, and leadership of multidisciplinary teams.

He held academic and administrative responsibilities including adviser to the President of Umm Al-Qura University, adviser to the Vice President for Graduate Studies and Scientific Research, and assistant vice president, and participated in councils, committees, and initiatives to develop graduate studies, research, curricula, and research chairs.

Advising University Leadership

Advised leaders at Umm Al-Qura University and contributed to development initiatives related to research, graduate studies, and institutional work.

Scientific Research Strategic Plan

Led the team preparing Umm Al-Qura University’s scientific research strategic plan, involving more than sixty male and female members from diverse disciplines.

Scientific Research Coordinating Council

Established and followed up the Scientific Research Coordinating Council initiative to strengthen integration among research entities within the university.

Strategic Planning & Initiatives

Contributed to the strategic plan for the Affairs of the Two Holy Mosques and to the development of university systems, regulations, practices, and initiatives.

Consulting Experience

Cross-sector consulting experience in organizational learning, organizational development, culture, and leadership.

Worked with university, industrial, and commercial entities, providing consulting aimed at building a culture of continuous learning, developing organizations and work environments, and connecting strategy with behavior and daily practice.

Industrial Sector

Organizational Development Consultant

Served as an organizational development consultant at the National Petrochemical Company.

Business Sector

Organizational Learning Consultant

Served as an organizational learning consultant at the Makkah Chamber of Commerce.

University Sector

Organizational Learning & Development Consultant

Served as an organizational learning and development consultant at King Faisal University.

Leadership & Development

Institutional Programs & Committees

Participated in committees and programs related to leadership, training, qualification, and academic and institutional development.

Areas of Expertise

Integrated expertise that helps organizations learn, adapt, lead, and improve practice sustainably.

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Organizational Learning

Building systems and practices that help organizations learn from experience and turn knowledge into continuous improvement.

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Organizational Culture

Diagnosing and developing values, behaviors, and patterns that influence performance and the work environment.

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Organizational Development

Developing organizations by linking structure, culture, leadership, and behavior to the required change.

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Systems Thinking

Understanding relationships, recurring patterns, and root causes of complex problems before designing interventions.

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Strategic Planning

Building plans and initiatives and linking objectives with institutional work, follow-up, and performance.

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Leadership & Change Management

Developing leaders and teams and strengthening change management, motivation, decision-making, and trust.

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Higher Education Development

Designing learning based on participation, problems, experience, projects, and case studies.

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Teamwork & Conflict Resolution

Building more effective teams and improving communication, relationship management, and conflict resolution in the workplace.

Applied Experience + Programs

From strategy and culture to learning, change, and work-environment improvement.

Prof. Dr. Zaki combines institutional consulting, training, research, and application, using systems thinking, experiential learning, participation, and case studies to build deeper understanding and turn development into sustainable practice.

The Learning Organization

Delivered programs and consulting on the learning organization and how to build environments that benefit from experience and continuously improve practice.

Organizational Culture

Worked on culture, work environment, values, behavior, trust-building, and their relationship to institutional performance.

Systems Thinking & Mental Models

Delivered workshops on systems thinking and mental models to understand complex problems and recurring organizational patterns.

Leadership & Motivation

Delivered programs on leadership, motivation, team building, problem solving, decision-making, conflict management, and communication.

Strategy & Performance

Delivered programs on strategic planning, balanced scorecards, quality, human resources, and project management.

Interactive Higher Education Learning

Applied cooperative, problem-based, project-based, modeling, and case-study learning to connect education with life and work.

Research & Innovation

Scientific output linking learning, leadership, and organizational culture with innovation and application.

01Research & Conferences

Published and participated in research and conferences addressing problem-based learning, leadership, organizational culture, and beneficiary experience improvement.

02Six Patents

Holds six U.S.-registered patents in the environmental field, reflecting an applied dimension of his research experience.

03Almarai Award for Creative Research

Received the Almarai Award for Creative Research, while several of his students achieved recognition in scientific innovation competitions.

04Dynamics of Gratitude & Well-Being

Presented a model on the dynamics of gratitude and building well-being at an international psychiatry conference, alongside programs in group counseling and mental health.

Institutional Impact

Building an organization that learns from experience and connects strategy with culture and everyday behavior.

Prof. Dr. Zaki bin Shakir Siddiqi emphasizes that genuine organizational development begins by developing how people think and learn within the organization, understanding problems in their systemic context, and then building culture, leadership, and practices that support adaptation, innovation, and continuous improvement.

The impact of his experience appears in connecting strategy with behavior, improving the work environment, developing leaders and teams, and transforming learning from a separate activity into a sustainable organizational capability that benefits from experience and builds on knowledge.